Hi!
I will be attending the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's
Larry Warren hamfest on Saturday, 2 May 2009. I'll have an
AMSAT table at this hamfest, and have satellite demonstrations
as WD9EWK during the morning on AO-51, SO-50, and VO-52 (look
for me around 145.915 MHz USB +/- on that downli
> >> ... I know for a fact that Dell, HP, and Acer all make car
> chargers ...
>
> Sorry - semantics coming into play. It's a little different "charging"
> versus "operating" ...
Only if the "car charger" supplies less power than the normal AC power
supply. Otherwise, if the "car charger" suppli
Hi!
After the hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ (grid DM41) tomorrow morning, I
will plan to stop on the DM51/DM52 grid boundary in southeast Arizona
for the AO-51 passes around 0040 and 0220 UTC Sunday (Saturday evening
in North America). I know that these grids are not heard often on the
satellite
Hi!
Sorry for the delay in posting this. It's been a busy week since
this quick trip to a hamfest in southeastern Arizona and the post-
hamfest road trip I took.
The Cochise Amateur Radio Association had its annual Larry Warren
Hamfest at its "Green Acres" field in Sierra Vista. I was at this
Hi!
Earlier today, I went to my favorite Phoenix city park (the park
that straddles the DM33xp/DM43ap grid boundary that I operate from
regularly) to work a VO-52 pass starting at 1705 UTC. I have
worked many VO-52 passes from here over the past few months using
my two FT-817NDs and a directio
Hi Rick !
> Just got back from my road trip to Indianapolis in EM69. I worked 35
> contacts in
> 24 hours on a few FM birds. Anyone that needs EM69 confirmed, just let me
> know.
> I will be happy to send you a QSL to confirm. Also, the same goes for those
> stations I worked last weekend fro
> I picked up one of the 100 that Alinco released this morning. I'll put
> together a review as soon as I get home.
I picked up one as well, early in the morning. Need to see if any of
the Alinco dealers have accessories for it. Nice little radio, and it
is a cross-band full-duplex (for 2m/70cm
Hi!
Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this
year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators
who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking
photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with
here (this is *
Hi Justin!
> Are you working the sats with a single T7H? If so, how are you getting it
> to uplink and downlink on different bands?
I use just one T7H. I put the frequencies in the different band VFOs,
and then press the BAND button to switch before and after transmitting.
I also have an IC-W32
Hi Jim!
> I'm taking the long way back to the home QTH (EM70) from central
> Tennessee (EM65) where I attended a geocaching "festival" this
> weekend. I'll be operating from a bunch of grid squares on AO-51,
> SO-50, and AO-27 while geocaching along the way.
>
> I'll hit any pass that reaches 15 d
Hi!
I spent this afternoon using my new DJ-G7T HT on a few passes, with
mixed results. Working with the incomplete manual that came with
the HT has been a challenge. I still need to use it more, and be
ready to make more changes to settings. So far, I'll say it is a
good radio for satellit
Hi Drew!
> My EDS-10 arrives this week, probably tomorrow. Saturday I did hook the
> radio up to my ancient Arrow antenna and took a listen to AO-27. Receiving
> on the subband as I would if working the satellite, one thing odd I noticed
> was the off frequency response of the radio. If I was 5 kH
Hi!
On Saturday, 30 May 2009, I will have an AMSAT table at the hamfest
in Prescott, Arizona. This hamfest is a joint venture between the
Yavapai Amateur Radio Club and Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association,
and will be held at the Granite Mountain Middle School in Prescott
(grid DM34sn). The
Hi!
Saturday was another fun day. A long day, starting out early at
the hamfest in Prescott, Arizona, and ending up at home just
after midnight (0700 UTC) after driving approximately 400 miles
(644km), but a good day.
Prescott Hamfest in Prescott, Arizona (grid DM34sn):
http://maps.google.
> Really? Dual-receive, indeed. And will perform crossband repeating.
> But I can transmit on one band and simultaneously hear myself on
> another with a FT-8800?
Yes, the FT-8800 will let you transmit on one band while receiving
on another. Having separate volume and tuning knobs for each
VFO, s
Hi!
Another HT for the "list" would be the IC-Z1A. This was a 2m/70cm
dual-bander with a detachable control head/mic, which used the
same accessories as the IC-W32A. I picked up a couple of them a
few months ago, left one in Mexico as a complete portable station
for the FM satellites (along with
Hi!
> My VO-52 Award arrived in today's mail, and it's very, very nice. It's
> printed on a very heavy stock and is very attractive. I look forward to
> getting it in a frame and on display asap.
Mine was in the PO box this afternoon, also. A very nice certificate!
Thanks to AMSAT India for this
Hi!
> Robert - you sounded great here in DM13-land (Riverside, CA).
> Patrick is further east than I am ... how far did you
> communniate???
I don't know exactly where Robert was in Honolulu. I was
in my favorite Phoenix city park on the DM33xp/DM43ap
grid boundary - 33 degrees 38.903 minutes No
Hi!
Alinco appears to be addressing some of the concerns those of us
who bought the new DJ-G7T HT had. Last week, a new manual was
made available through the Alinco web site:
http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/djg7insweb.zip
There is a mention on the Alinco site on how owners who bought
the
Hi Clint!
> The original post described a commercial HT ... operating WAY OUT of
> the 2M and 440 amateur bands. For marketing and sales within the
> United States, FCC certification is required.
>
> Do people purchase non-FCC-certified commercial rigs and use them on
> the amateur bands? Yes.
>
>
Hi Clint.
> >> ... Now on to using these radios. Clint - since you have been
> stridently
> insisting on the illegality of using non-FCC-certified radios on the US
> ham bands, could you please show us the specific law/rule/regulation
> that states that hams cannot use non-certified commercial g
Hi Clint.
> Wow .. sure have faced a bunch of hostility from "friends" here (grin).
Friends can disagree on different topics. As for hostility, I
am only trying to get you to answer a question that you have
been avoiding.
> No one has cited any specific US/FCC Code on any aspect of the matter
>
Hi!
First of all, thanks to Jim ND9M for making the trip up from
Florida to Delaware - and showing up a little early. What a
nice surprise to hear you on the 2335 UTC AO-51 pass this
afternoon. Hope to still hear you on tomorrow, from wherever
you end up.
For me, I am currently sitting west
Hi!
Omar XE1AO, a regular satellite operator from central Mexico,
e-mailed me news of a special callsign that will be showing up
on the satellites between now and 31 August 2009. The call,
4C50C ("Four Charlie Fifty Charlie"), is part of the "Trabaja
Todo Colima" (Work All Colima) special event
Hi!
Mark WA8SME asked me to post this on his behalf...
Anyone who worked Mark during any of the ARRL Teachers Institutes
over the past few weeks, and in the coming weeks, on AO-27 using
any of the following calls:
W1AW
W1AW/4
W1AW/5
W1AW/6
W1AW/8
can get a QSL card for those contacts by sendin
Hi Steve!
> Videos of the six presentations at the AMSAT Forum at the
> 2009 Dayton Hamvention are now on the AMSAT website. Click on
> this link
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/videoNews.php
>
> or go to the AMSAT website and click on AMSAT Video News about
> halfway down the page
Hi!
I will be at the ARRL Arizona State Convention and Hamfest in
Williams, Arizona, on 17-18 July 2009 - a Friday and Saturday.
I'll have an AMSAT table in the main hall, and will give a
satellite-related presentation at 1100 local time on 17 July.
During these two days, WD9EWK will be on FM s
Hi!
I drove north from Phoenix this morning, and spent some of the
afternoon working a pair of AO-27 passes followed by an AO-51
pass from the DM35/DM45 line. I parked on the side of old US-66
north of the I-40 freeway, about 20 miles/32km west of Flagstaff
AZ. I have operated from this locatio
Hi!
Day 1 of the two-day hamfest is complete. Not many attended the
presentation I had, but I was able to work several passes throughout
the day from outside the hamfest's exhibit hall. I was on all 3 FM
satellites, plus a couple of VO-52 passes in the morning. Thanks
to all the stations acros
Hi!
I'm getting set for my drive into southern Utah tomorrow morning.
I apologize for not showing up on passes today. Lots of people in
the hall at the hamfest, and storm clouds in the afternoon kept me
off the air. A good two-day hamfest, including a quick visit by
"Uncle" Larry WA6DIR stoppin
Hello!
After driving almost 500 miles/800km today, I went from the
hamfest in Williams AZ up to Monticello in eastern Utah. A
lot of ground covered, and lots of contacts from 4 different
grids (DM46, DM47, DM57, DM58).
This morning, I made it to the Arizona/Utah border near
Monument Valley
Hi!
Another day, another few hundred miles/km and more QSOs for
the satellite log. With the special transmission on AO-51
this evening, I worked only SO-50 and AO-27 passes earlier
today. Still a good day with more sightseeing and radio
work, plus I'm setting up for a busy and fun day tomorr
Hi!
I was able to hear the transmission on two passes tonight
( and 0139 UTC). The first pass was a tough one to hear,
as I was driving on US-6 between I-70 and Provo near the
DM49/DN40 grid boundary, with lots of rocks and mountains
all around me. I could hear the middle 3 or 4 minutes
Hi Marv!
> I was thinking the same thing. Are there grids in Minn or eastern SD/ND That
> would make a nice weekend trip?
> What is needed?
Just about anywhere in the places you mentioned above could be "needed" by
a lot of satellite operators. Then again, don't worry about what is "needed" or
"
Hi!
Another day on the road... worked from 4 grids, drove almost
400 miles/640km, and still having fun. Only one more day
on the road, before I'm back home and back to the "real world".
I started the day at Nephi, a small city at the south end of
the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in DM49b
Hello!
After 7 days and over 1905 miles/3066km on the road, I'm back home
in Phoenix. Today was mainly a travel day, not wanting to make a
late drive home tonight before returning to work tomorrow morning.
I worked two passes to help some operators get QSOs with certain
grids, had lunch in betwe
Hi Jeff!
> It was great to work 6 new grids over the past week, and I could've made a
> few more if passes would've been a bit more time friendly. :) In any case,
> I believe your trip was a huge success and many others will no doubtedly
> agree. It was nice to meet up with you, have lunch and c
Hi John!
> First off a big thank you for making the effort to activate
> all of those 14 grids. Rather than heading off to Cancun
> and lying on the beach, you spent your vacation time to give
> all of us something new to work on the satellites. You make
> it sound so easy, but it is not. Worki
Hi!
Instead of commenting about the format of David's message, has
anyone contacted him about the *content* of his message?
>> > HI ALL! MY NAME IS DAVID, KC7USS. I AM TRYING TO EARN THE ARRL
>> W.A.S
>> > AWARD. I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE STATES TO GO! THE TWO I NEED IS MAINE
>> AND
>> > RHODE ISLAND.
Hi Bob!
> Does anyone know if the informative pages that used to be on W0MLD ultimate
> charger web site are available anywhere?
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine has that site. In fact, you can
go into the archive and see the site as it was over the past several
years:
http://web.archive.o
> The Social Security Death Index on ancestory.com has a death recorded
> for Lyle J Westveer sometime in 2000.
Even though the Subject: line of some messages in this thread may have
the call W0MLD, I thought we were talking about Robert W0LMD - the guy
who had the www.ultimatecharger.com web site
Hi!
I will drive to eastern Arizona for the afternoon/early evening
of Saturday, 8 August 2009, and plan to work FM satellite passes
from the DM54/DM55 grid boundary in Apache County. I should be
able to work AO-27 passes at 2046 and 2227 UTC, an AO-51 pass at
0041 UTC, and an SO-50 pass at 0134
Hi!
I'm working on plans for Saturday, and looked at my maps again.
Since some are interested in working different counties, I wanted
to correct an item from my earlier e-mail. I will be in Arizona's
Navajo County, not Apache County, on Saturday. I will only be a
few miles/km from the Navajo/Apa
Hi!
Yesterday's road trip out to DM54/DM55 had been on my mind since my
July 2008 road trip around northern Arizona. I have worked from most
of the Arizona grids, and had thought I would need to make a multi-
day road trip along the Arizona/New Mexico border to reach these two
grids. After lots
Hi John!
> Here are some interesting statistics on the movers
> and shakers in the world of grid dxpeditions. The
> list represents cards that I have received that have
> been used for VUCC filings or that will be used in a
> future filing. If you add them up, the 11 stations
> that I worked and
Hi!
After over 3 1/2 years working the satellites, getting on the
air for around 6000 satellite QSOs followed by requesting QSL
cards from stations across the USA, I was able to complete one
of my goals when I started on the satellites - work and confirm
QSOs with all 50 US states. I had my app
Hi Sebastian (and the group)!
> Hi Patrick, first like the others, I would like to thank you for
> helping me out tremendously in achieving VUCC on satellites, even
> though I still haven't contacted a card checker to actually get the
> award.
Thanks, and also thanks to the others who posted here
Hi Rafael!
> Congratulations for WAS Award, I know for sure how difficult it
> is to work all states with a portable set up and LEO satellites.
Geography aside, a WAS award is much harder to achieve on any
band than awards like DXCC or VUCC. You can get DXCC with
100 of the 338 entities on that
HI Mark!
> I will activate grid DM19 (smack in the middle of NV) on August 17th during
> the 2130Z AO27 pass (approximate). (It must be a rare grid because even
> WD9EWK says he needs the grid!) There is a ghost town out there that I will
> visit on my way to AZ. I'll be on my HT and an ARROW.
Hi!
Since it is summertime here, coupled with working extra time
during most of the last week, I didn't get out to work a lot
of AO-51 passes while the S-band downlink was on. I was able
to work two AO-51 V/S passes - a western pass Thursday evening,
and an eastern pass Saturday afternoon. Usin
Hi!
WA8SME's QSL for our QSO on 17 August arrived today. Thanks
for the nice card, Mark, and for making the effort to stop in DM19
last week.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Hi John!
> Got mine today as well and then worked WA8MSE from his
> home QTH for a new grid on AO27 today also! Satellite ops
> are the first group I have encounted who will send out a direct
> QSL (at their expense for postage) just for an email request.
> What an impressive group of ops.
I'll
Hi!
Ron W6ZQ phoned me a little while ago, and mentioned he would
be on a couple of AO-51 passes that cover the western US over
the next couple of days.
Later today, Ron plans to be on the AO-51 pass at approximately
0230 UTC from grid BL02 on Kauai. He only has 4 degrees maximum
elevation, so
Hi Bob!
> Patrick-I assume that is mode V/U not the current L/U which I have been
> kplaying with.
Correct. Ron will only be on the V/U side of AO-51 tonight and Friday
night, not on the L/U side. Sorry for not mentioning that originally.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Hi Bob!
> got him!
Yes, you did! Nice to hear you cross over from L/U to V/U to pick
up that contact.
I heard Ron work you and me, along with 7 others on that pass.
I heard one other station that called but Ron didn't pick up, but
that station only made one call in the pass. I'm looking forwar
Hi!
After watching the weather reports for the past few days, it
appears that Hurricane Jimena - or its remnants - will make
a western turn out to the Pacific instead of continuing on its
northern march toward Arizona. With this in mind, and the
fact that the upcoming weekend is a holiday weeke
Hi!
Thanks again to Ron W6ZQ for another Hawaiian grid on AO-51. Ron
drove not too far south of where he is currently staying on Kauai
(BL02), to put BL01 on the air on the 0246 UTC AO-51 pass. Robert
NH7WN from Honolulu (BL11) was also on the same pass.
I had a maximum elevation of 4 degrees
Hello from 25 yards/meters north of Mexico!
I just worked an SO50 pass @ 1906 UTC from DM31ov.
I plan to be on AO27 passes @ 2049 & 2230 UTC, plus AO51
passes @ 0026 & 0206 UTC from here - if the weather
is OK.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
"Gringo Pass", Lukeville AZ
_
Hi!
Due to bad thunderstorms that rolled into the DM31ov
area, I won't be able to make this upcoming pass. I'll be
back here in the near future, now that I know that I can get
here in 2.5 hours from Phoenix.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
Lukeville AZ
__
Hi!
Despite the evening thunderstorms that rolled in from northern
Mexico, ruining my chance to work one more pass, my day-trip to
grid DM31 yesterday (Saturday, 5 September 2009) was successful.
I was able to look around the area, so I could have a better idea
of the surroundings than I could
Hi!
I stopped by the post office this morning and mailed the envelopes
with my QSL cards confirming QSOs from DM31 last Saturday. I know
a few were looking to get these cards, so I spent yesterday working
on them. Hopefully they arrive in your mailboxes over the next few
days.
73!
Patric
Hi Ron!
> Today at 4:47 pm local Hawaii time I will work a 9 degree pass with a foot
> print extending into the state of Arizona.
>
> Aloha
> Ron, W6ZQ/KH6. BL01/02
(4.47pm Hawaii time = 0247 UTC)
I'll be up at my favorite Phoenix city park for this pass, which is a 4-
degree pass at 0250-0258
> Today at 4:47 pm local Hawaii time I will work a 9 degree
> pass with a foot print extending into the state of Arizona.
And Ron showed up this evening on AO-51 as planned.
W6ZQ made at least 9 QSOs that I heard, including QSOs
with Robert NH7WN in Honolulu as I started hearing the
downlink and
Hi!
I made a quick drive up the I-17 freeway yesterday to the Sunset
Point rest area, about 50 miles/80km north of Phoenix in grid
DM34we. I had intended on trying my hand in the ARRL VHF contest
that was in progress, using the all-mode gear I typically use on
VO-52. No luck there, but I did
> Here you go:
>
> http://www.furrballs.net/kd5rxp/K5OE,%20Eggbeater%20II%20Antenna.htm
In addition to that link, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/
has copies of K5OE's former web site spanning several years. You can see
the specifics for K5OE's site at:
http://we
Hi Ron!
> Aloha from Kauai
>
> I will be on Ao51 this aftenoon at 4:48 Hawaii time from BL01.
(4.48pm Hawaii time = 0248 UTC)
If I'm not at work at that hour, I hope to be on for that pass. It will
be another pass with a maximum elevation of 4 degrees here in
Phoenix, a workable pass (0251-0259
Hi Tom!
> I will plan to make two trips to the DM86/87 grid boundary which
> is the OK-CO state line about 6 miles north of my current QTH
> in DM86. This will depend on the weather.
>
> I plan to be on:
>
> 16 Sept on AO-51 for the 23:57 pass
> 17 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:47 pass
>
> 19 Sept on
Hi!
Ron W6ZQ is planning to work the AO-51 pass at 0230-0238 UTC tomorrow
night (Thursday night, early Friday UTC time) from grid BL02 on the
Hawaiian island of Kauai. This will be the 5th time he has been on
from Kauai during his Hawaiian vacation, and the third time from BL02
specifically. A
Hi Clint!
> Thanks to AO-51 operators in Idaho, Ohio, Washington, Texas, Patrick
> in Arizona, and others during the 5:50PM PDT (00:50 GMT) pass of AO-51
> last night! I don't record the contacts while making demonstrations,
> but I wish I had last night while showing off AO-51 to the Conejo
> Val
Hi!
Another Saturday without work at the office, another quick road
trip to an unusual Arizona grid. I will head west toward grid
DM24 for the afternoon AO-27 passes, the late afternoon SO-50
pass around 0030 UTC, and the afternoon/evening AO-51 passes on
the normal 145.920/435.300 MHz transpon
Hi!
This was a good day out in western Arizona. I worked 6 different
passes from the DM23/DM24 grid boundary (two on each of the 3 FM
satellites), scouted out another location closer to the Colorado
River still in Arizona for this grid boundary, and logged a total
of 60 QSOs with stations from
Hi!
On Monday evening, 21 September 2009, I will give an on-air
demonstration on AO-51's 145.920/435.300 MHz transponder for
the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association of Goodyear AZ before
their monthly meeting. I will use the pass that starts at
6.29pm MST (0129 UTC Tuesday) for the demonstration
Hi John!
> Weather permitting I will be operating on the
> EM88/EM98 grid boundary in West Virginia on Sunday,
> September 20th. The current forecast is a 50% chance
> of rain so it might not work out for all passes. I'll
> try to operate on the following passes:
>
>
Thanks for showing up from t
Hi!
I talked with Ron W6ZQ this evening, and he said he is now on the
"big island" of Hawaii. He has a decent pass of AO-51 tomorrow
(Tuesday) evening that covers the US west coast starting around
4.30pm Hawaii time (7.30pm Pacific time, or 0230 UTC Wednesday).
He is not sure which grid he will
Hi!
Thanks to the 14 stations in the western parts of the USA and
Canada for making contacts with WD9EWK during my demonstration
for the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association in Goodyear, Arizona,
on AO-51 tonight. A special thank-you goes out to Rick WA4NVM -
sorry we could not hook up and compl
Hi!
As "advertised", Ron W6ZQ made another appearance on AO-51
this evening from Kauai. Tonight, he worked from grid BL01,
and made contacts with 10 stations and almost completed an
11th QSO on this pass. For the first time during this trip,
Ron worked a couple of VE6 stations from Kauai (VE6EG
Hello from Delaware!
WD9EWK will be on AO-51 for the next 2 passes from grid
FM29 in Delaware, at 2215 and 2356 UTC, today. Hope to
hear you on those passes. If you work me and want a QSL,
card please e-mail me the QSO details. If you're in the log, I
will send you a card.
73!
Patrick WD9EW
Hi!
As others have already said, thanks to Frank KA3HDO and his
group for putting on a great Symposium over the weekend. A
good show, and good news from AMSAT for the upcoming year or
two - and beyond. Before and after the Symposium activities
each day (except for Saturday), and on one lunch b
Hi Bill (and others)!
> Many thanks for your appreciated words of support. The decision was
> very, very hard and I know we'll receive many slings and arrows for it,
> but while it sure wasn't our preferred project - it is a realistic one.
>
> We all want a HEO or would even settle for a MEO but u
Hi!
On Saturday (17 October), I will have an AMSAT table at the Old
Pueblo Radio Club's annual hamfest in Tucson AZ. The hamfest is
at the Kino Sports Complex, along Ajo Way east of I-10 and the
Tucson Electric Park stadium. The hamfest starts around 0600
local time (1300 UTC), and should be don
Hi!
A correction... the hamfest I will attend on Saturday in Tucson AZ
will start at 0700 local (1400 UTC). Even with the later start, I
plan on sticking to my schedule for working AO-51 at 1346 UTC from
the hamfest site. The hamfest may not officially be open, but there
will certainly be people
Hello from Tucson!
>From the hamfest tomorrow morning, I plan on working the
145.920/435.300 AO-51 repeater. On VO-52, I will be on the
high end of the passband. I typically try to park around
145.910 MHz USB on the downlink, and keeping in mind that
N2SPI will be up around 145.915 MHz USB o
Hi Clint!
> I'll be working that 0053 GMT pass on the JOTA repeater pair from
> Victor Valley, CA. I'll try to move over to your repeater and have
> some kids talk to you!
OK, great! I don't want to tie up the JOTA side of AO-51 with
those looking for grids or the AZ/NM state line (I think I can
Hi Clint!
> Thank you, Mexico!
> Thank you, Northern California and AMSAT Patrick!
> Thank you, Texas!
And don't forget Jeff K7WIN in southeastern Arizona - who you
had your Scouts yell "Hello Arizona" to. It was good to hear you
and your group on the "normal" AO-51 repeater last night.
The Mex
Hi!
Yesterday was a busy - and enjoyable - day spent in southern Arizona
and (briefly) southwestern New Mexico. A hamfest, followed by a
drive toward the Arizona/New Mexico border, for a total of 549 miles
(883km) including my drive down to Tucson on Friday evening.
The hamfest was the Old Pu
Hi!
After printing more QSL cards on Sunday and writing out almost 200
cards along with envelopes last night, I dropped a large batch of
envelopes at the post office this morning. These cards cover my
activity from the east coast around the recently-concluded AMSAT
Symposium (Washington DC/FM18
Clint,
> Personally, I would be surprised if Kenwood dedicated a lot of
> engineering talent to a new, true full-duplex amateur handheld. The
> profit for them is not in the amateur world - but in the land mobile /
> commercial arenas.
>
> I hope I am wrong, though!
At Dayton 5 months ago, Kenwoo
Hi Rodney!
> i would like to thank all those that worked me on the trip to Huron, SD EN04,
> sorry the grid combination EN04/14 location that was scouted did not work out,
> the area was very muddy and the approaches were not favorable,
> there was also a digital link that was interfering with my
Hi John!
> The EM97 grid operation on 24 October came off as planned.
> The operating location proved to be quite good. The lowest
> western AO-27 pass was only 8 degrees and I was able to hear
> the entire 7 minutes of it. The last pass of AO-51 at 2338z
> was the most difficult because of the
Hi Domenico (and Dave W8AAS)!
> The AMSAT-BB archive is here:
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/index.html
AMSAT is now archiving AMSAT-BB messages in two places.
Domenico's link above has all the messages going back to
1998. When the mailing list software changed in 2006, a new
ar
Hello, Ib!
> It is interesting to note that there are far more operators on
> the FM transponder satellites than on the linear satellites in
> Low Earth Orbit.
Very true. KO4MA spoke to this point at the AMSAT Symposium
in Baltimore last month, and I see this anytime I go out to hamfests
and str
Hi David!
> Just found the times for this weekends active periods have been published.
>
> http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
I e-mailed them when I saw the schedule, since those times did not cover
any passes for North America. Jan-Albert ZR1JAK quickly replied, saying
that this schedule is for South A
Hi Glenn!
Nice to work you on that last SO-67 pass this morning. It was an
easier pass to get into from DM33xp/DM43ap here in Phoenix
(maximum elevation 40 degrees) compared to the earlier pass
(maximum elevation 8 degrees).
I posted my two MP3 recordings from this morning, along with the
MP3s f
Hi!
Thanks again to the SumbandilaSat/SO-67 command team for turning
the amateur transponder on so often this weekend. I had 3 potential
passes I could work from here this morning, although two of the three
were very low (both with maximum elevation of 3 degrees). I focused
on the one high pass
Hi Tim!
W6FOG was on SO-50 around 0035 UTC this evening. He is in
the harbor at San Luis Obispo CA (grid CM95), has been there
since Friday, and said he needed to make repairs so he can use
his 100-watt radio (he mentioned it was getting its electrical ground
through the coax cable). He mentione
Hi Allen!
> When attempting to make a contact on the sats one of the customs
> is to add "handheld", "portable", etc. to your announced call. Would
> it make sense to start a new custom of adding "Roving" or "Grid
> Expedition" or something similar when transmitting from a rare grid.
In my opini
Hi!
Thanks to John W6ZKH, Alvaro XE2AT, and Ismael XE1AY for 3 new
grids in the log during an AO-27 pass around 2043 UTC this
afternoon. As "advertised", John and Alvaro were on from unusual
spots - W6ZKH from DM07 in California, XE2AT from EK19 in Veracruz
on the Mexican Gulf coast. XE1AY was
Hi!
It's been a few weeks since my last road trip away from home, and
I have been thinking about possible trips over the next couple of
months. I don't have any plans for trips to neighboring states or to
Mexico, but could visit some grids in different parts of Arizona -
grids that will not see
Hi!
W6FOG was on an AO-27 pass yesterday afternoon, working from his
home grid of CM87 (San Francisco Bay area). He said he took the
train back home for the holiday, and will return to his yacht in
a couple of days.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Hi!
I will have an AMSAT table at the Superstition Amateur Radio
Club's annual hamfest in Mesa, Arizona, on Saturday 5 December
2009. The hamfest will be in the southwest parking lot at Mesa
Community College, along the east side of Dobson Road between
Southern Avenue and the US-60 freeway (exit
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